A ritual geology : gold and subterranean knowledge in Savannah West Africa

A ritual geology gold and subterranean knowledge in Savannah West Africa

"One of the first accounts of the politics of geological research in colonial and post-colonial Africa, Ritual Geology models a new regional approach to African history and ethnography centered on geology. Rooted in the goldfields of Senegal, A Ritual Geology carries the reader across the goldf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: D'Avignon, Robyn, 1984- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press 2022.
Materias:
Gold mines and mining > Africa, French-speaking West.
Gold miners > Africa, French-speaking West.
Geology > Africa, French-speaking West.
Mines and mineral resources > Africa, French-speaking West.
Ethnology > Africa, French-speaking West.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009686030506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Geology and West African History
  • A Tale of Two Miners in Tinkoto, Senegal, 2014
  • A West African Ritual Geology. 800-1900
  • "Customary" Mining in French West Africa
  • Colonial Geology and African Gold Discoveries
  • Mineral Mapping and the Global Cold War in Sénégal Oriental
  • A West African Language of Subterranean Rights
  • Race, Islam, and Ethnicity in the Pits
  • Subterranean Granaries.

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